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Wireless Keyboards come in very handy when you have a machine like the Gateway Destination or other similar machine with a 35+ inch monitor. They are also very handy for WebTV, AOLTV and similar devices.

Imagine running your video through the TV out jack on your PC and being able to surf the web while kicked back in your recliner.

Originally posted by W. Luke Wireless Keyboards come in very handy when you have a machine like the Gateway Destination or other similar machine with a 35+ inch monitor. They are also very handy for WebTV, AOLTV and similar devices.

Imagine running your video through the TV out jack on your PC and being able to surf the web while kicked back in your recliner.

35 inch monitor? Wow!

Hey, I am able to surf the web from anywhere in my house! I just use my laptop and plug my (very long, I might add) phone cord into the nearest phone outlet and I'm all set.

My Logitech wireless mouse and keyboard (the kind everyone has with radio waves) has a range of 2 to 5 feet. It's only useful for close typing - you can't really go far and use it. It's great with the mouse since there is no cable to get tangled. I guess if you had an infrared model (which is bad overall, btw) it would work further away. (infrared is bad since you have to have line-of-sight where as with radio you can put the receiver and keyboard anywhere w/in range.) Radiation from my monitor actually cuts down on the range substantially. When I turn it off, the range increases. (the reciever is located right below the monitor... the cable is too short for it to reach anywhere else.)

The Gateway has a 35 inch TV and is not a computer monitor so it's more like a WebTV than anything else.

Wireless keyboards sure are nice, but are there some of them that have a little screen on them ? I mean, a little LCD screen so you can actually see what you're typing, while you're turning your back at the screen ?
If there is not, you should be confident with your typing skills ...